Faq

Phone

Once your phone is registered you can text your expenses the number you got the verification request from, which should be (573) 397-5168. The format of the text should be: envelope name, followed by the amount, then the description of the expense.

For example, if you have an envelope named ‘Groceries’ and you spend $15.00 at Food Mart, you would send a text with this text:

groceries 15.00 Food Mart

You will receive a response with the updated balance of the envelope. You can also abbreviate the envelope name, you just have to have enough of the envelope name to determine which envelope you are requesting. And, you don’t have to include the zeros on the end of the number. For instance the above text could also be sent as:

groc 15 Food Mart

If you have bank or credit card accounts setup in Budget Ease, you can associate a transaction to an account in the text message by following the amount with the account name. For instance, if you have an account called ‘Checking’ and you want the above transaction to be associated with that account, you would send:

Once your phone is registered you can request balances by texting the same number you got the verification text from, which should be (573) 397-5168. The format of the text should be: the word ‘balance’ or ‘bal’ followed by the envelope name. For example, if you have an envelope called ‘Food’ and you want to check the balance you would send:

The format for a credit message is the same as an expense except you put ‘credit’ in front of it. So if you returned an item for $23.45 to Food Mart and you want it to credit your groceries envelope, you might send this:

If you want to attach an image of a receipt to a transaction, you can simply take a picture of your receipt then submit the transaction text as described in How do I submit an expense by text message and attach the photo to the text message.